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Ro-Ro

Port activities related to Ro-Ro (roll on, roll off) – ships or ferries designed which carry vehicles that can be driven straight on and straight off. Includes passenger ferries and vessels with lorries and trailers carrying cargo.

Genoa port approves ro-ro, container handling activities at Terminal Rinfuse

Genoa, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...

Port of Barcelona and Grimaldi will present offer for fresh produce at Fruit Logistica Berlin

Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona and the shipping company Grimaldi Lines will jointly present their logistics...

Italian media highlight opening of new terminal of Baku International Sea Trade Port

Baku, Azerbaijan (PortSEurope) January 13, 2018 – The Italian press has widely covered the opening of the new Ro-Ro terminal at the Baku International...

Trieste port sees improved traffic in Jan-Nov 2017

Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – The positive trend is again confirmed in the second half of 2017 characterizing the traffic of the port...

Marseille Fos port attends SIFEL trade show in Agadir

Agadir, Morocco (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – In November 2017, representatives of the port of Marseille Fos attended the 15th edition of the...

Spain’s Noatum Maritime sets up ro-ro division

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – Spanish company Noatum Maritime has set up a division called Noatum Maritime Automotive, which will bring...

Ekol commission Yalova Ro-Ro Terminal

Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) November 13, 2017 – In October 2017, Ekol Lojistik A.S. has commissioned the Yalova Ro-Ro Terminal, located in...

Noatum Maritime acquires terminals from Noatum Ports

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Noatum Maritime has acquired a portfolio of multi-purpose, Ro-Ro and bulk terminals from Noatum Ports....

MOL Koper port service adds Japan as destination

Koper, Slovenia (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has added the Japanese ports of Toyohashi and Hitachi to its list of destinations...

Grimaldi starts operating line connecting Sagunto port to USA

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – The car carrier “Grande Baltimora”, with a capacity to transport up to 6,700 Car Equivalent...

American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) to launch HHG service via Venice

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 7, 2017 – American Roll-on Roll-off Carrier (ARC) has announced a new service for Household Goods (HHG) to and from...

Grimaldi Group to hire a further 500 staffers

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – As part of a fleet upgrade, the Grimaldi Group has recently begun the process of selecting and recruiting...

AML to launch regular daily line linking Almería port to Morocco’s Nador

Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) plans to launch a regular daily passenger and ro-ro line...

CMA CGM launches Morocco Express ro-ro service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – The French CMA CGM Group, a leader in container shipping, is launching a service connecting Morocco...

Bilbao port awards €2.74 million ro-ro ramp construction contract to Astilleros Zamakona

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has awarded a €2.74 million ($3.22 million) contract...

Ravenna announces the “Hub portuale Ravenna 2017” development plan

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2017 – Daniele Rossi, chairman of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Port...

CMA CGM to launch Marseille-Tanger Med ro-ro service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – After years of bilateral negotiations between France and Morocco, ministerial visits and abortive...

SMET managing director comments on Salerno growth

Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 2017 – In the first half of 2017, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centrale (Central Tyrrhenian Sea...

Piombino port keeps ro-ro sector leadership in Italy

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – The good performance of the ro-ro traffic is combined with the significant numbers of the Tyrrhenian Port...

Portugal to invest €2.5 million in constructing dock on Tavira island

Tavira, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Portugal’s government has presented a €2.5 million ($2.9 million) project for the construction of a...

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